Northeast Gardening: Garden Projects - 2010, 1 by nutsfordaylily

nutsfordaylily wrote:
Great mushroom rocks idea, Bill. I love it! Can't wait to see it all finished. I hope you're wearing safety goggles when you chip away at those rocks. I love your idea to use the white oak for stems. Awesome shrooms!!!!!! All they need is the Travelocity gnome under them (I just ordered one, actually, from Amazon.com and am eagerly awaiting his arrival). How about soaking the bottoms of the stems in creosote to preserve them? Just the part that will be in the soil. I know it's a good preservative.

Ric and Holly, I love the idea to make that garland on your yew hedge. That'll look really nice. I love how it looks even now. I've never been a fan of yew hedges, but yours is grand. I saw that documentary 'A Man Called Pearl'. Really good. He's a great inspiration. I love your boulder pile. Is that the Travelocity gnome I spy in your garden?

Yep, deer love yew, and they love arborvitae, too.

Cousin Nut, I love your Alice in Wonderland nook. Great!

Patti, I'm envious of all the great things your ordering for your gardens this year. They'll look 'simply fabby', as Cousin Nut would say. That's quite a list you have going there. I sure wish I had the money to get tons of stuff for my gardens this year. I haven't hit that lottery yet, but it's coming.

JoAnn, I have jury duty on Monday. Wish me luck in not getting picked. Oh, I used that Liquid Fence last year and had great luck with it. The year before the deer had stripped all my daylilies of their buds at the end of July, and this past year, I'm guessing cause I sprayed the LF, the deer didn't touch them, nor my hostas, which they also feasted on they year before.

Oh, Victor, I must have that weeping Dawn Redwood! I love it! You're baaaaad!

Very nice flowers in your bed, Louise! I, too, love the 'Pixie' bougainvillea. So cute! I want one. I have been having good luck with plants in my enclosed porch. I have 2 bird nest ferns that have been flourishing in there, as well as a brugmansia I'm overwintering, and a palm tree of my sister's. They are all doing well, though the palm not quite so much. Next time you see plants you like and want to show Hank, put them in your cart and bring them to him, so that way no one can take them. If he's not interested, you can always put them back.

Hooray for baby lemons, Marilyn!

Our burning bushes here are very prolific seeders. They are considered invasive because of this, and because they aren't native and will take over areas where natives should grow, leaving less room for the natives. Same with the Japanese barberry, Norway maple and many other alien invasives.

Karen

Here's my take on magic mushrooms. The guy in the pic is my brother.